This document, modified from a similar one by Jeri Hurd, librarian at Western Academy of Beijing, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). It is specifically designed to support the IB Diploma Program Extended Essay, but it can be modified to support many types of research.

1. LIS DP Research Planner
Topic: Advanced Search Options
Words:
Research Question Phrases:
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Domains (circle) .edu .gov .org .com
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2. LIS DP Research Planner
Specialized Search Engines #Twitter Hashtags
Call Numbers/Books
 Search the Catalog
 Google Books http://bit.ly/x7is1t
 Visit  Google Scholar
http://dewey.info/  BiologyBrowser
 Ask Ms. Katy  infomine.ucr.edu/
 Google Books  Scirus.com (science
specific)
 Technorati.com (Blog
search)
 Best Search for your
needs
http://bit.ly/17x4XE
Primary Source Collections: Alternative Sources
Databases, Encyclopedias &  Internet History Sourcebooks: Videos, Images, Audio
Digital Libraries: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Curated Collections
 Flickr
 WorldBook Online  Scoop.it
 YouTube
 The Avalon Project:
 Vimeo
 Science in Context http://avalon.law.yale.edu/  Libguides.com
 Ted.com
 Student Resources in  EuroDocs:  Google Images
 Twitter
Context http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.ph  Big Think
p/Main_Page  iTunesU
 Questia  Diigo/Delicious
 Top Documentary Films:
 American Memory Project: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
 The Literary Encyclopedia http://memory.loc.gov/  Khan Academy  Paper.li
 Free Online University
 Internet Public Library  Africa: South of the Sahara: Courses:  Scribd.com
http://www- http://www.openculture.com/free
 Oxford Quick Reference sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/h onlinecourses  Slideshare.net
 Grove Music Online istory/hisprimary.html  Podcasts (iTunes)
Research Planner by Katy Vance modified from Jeri Hurd’s Research Planner under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)